Enchanced growth development through better information system design: the system analyst perspective

Z Manoussaridis,M Sagheb-Tehrani,C Mamaloukas

doi:10.12988/imf.2013.36116

Abstract

Nowadays, many industrial countries are being transformed from industrial economies to knowledge and information-based service economies, whereas manufacturing has been moving to low-wage countries i.e. China, India etc. In knowledge societies, information and knowledge are key parts in creating wealth. To achieve growth de1376 Z. Manoussaridis, C. Mamaloukas and M. Sagheb-Tehrani velopment, there is a need to continuously distributing or creating new knowledge and information. Appropriate information systems are needed to optimize the ow of information and knowledge in the organizations to help planners and decision makers. Better information systems can increase the e¤ectiveness and the quality of crucial activities like spatial analysis, strategic objectives setting, long-range planning and decision-making. Respectively, this e¤ect can enhance the potentials for growth development of a regional or a national economy. The dimension of an information systems role and responsibility can play a signi cant role in the outset of the information systems development (ISD) process. These aspects have not been the subject of much debate and attention in ISD. In this paper an attempt is made to conceptualize the dimension of information systemsroles and responsibilities. This comprises an initial step towards exploration of the relationship between the dimension of information systemsroles and responsibilities and ISD and respectively their potential impact in growth development performances. Mathematics Subject Classi cation: 68U35

Highlights

Public and private organizations all over the world are focusing on information as a key resource [13]
It is widely recognized that information systems knowledge is vital for managers, planners and decision-makers because most organizations need them in order to operate e¤ectively [13, 16]
Who is responsible for such a mistake, the system, the user, the designer or all? According to our consideration, the responsibilities of an IS depends upon the roles of an IS

Summary

Introduction

Public and private organizations all over the world are focusing on information as a key resource [13]. To be e¤ective and successful in management, planning and decision-making, there is a need to continuously distributing or creating new knowledge and information. These tasks mainly involve working with, distributing or creating new knowledge and information. This work tries to identify the impact of information systems’ roles and responsibilities in ISD process and respectively in growth development. This fundamental dimension can be scattered in sub-dimensions such as roles of IS, responsibilities of IS, users, types of IS, organization structure, management levels, organization culture, policy and size of organization (see ...g.1).

User dimension

Organization

Conceptualization of IS role and responsibility

Conclusions